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Steven has sold his extensive baseball card collection and received enough money to buy a used car. The collector who purchased them clearly felt they were _____________. Which word most precisely expresses the collector’s opinion of the cards? artificial: lacking in natural quality valuable: worth a great deal of money costly: commanding a high price especially because of intrinsic worth invaluable: having value beyond any ability to adequately appraise

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valuable.

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valuable makes the most sense. costly doesn't make sense because he wouldn't buy them if they were too expensive. Artificial doesn't make sense because he wouldn't buy them if they were fake. Invaluable doesn't make sense because they clearly have value if he purchased them.
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